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Captain Disillusion · 2.9M views · 2020-08-18 · 7:00

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Overview

Captain Disillusion's comedic, fast-paced explainer on how color works in cameras, displays and video. It covers the biology of color perception and what it means for screens.

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Commenters recommend it as a dense but entertaining primer on color theory and color in video systems.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2020–2021

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What people said

myself248 · 2021-11 · Strong recommendation

For A/V stuff, I went looking for an understanding of how color works in video systems, and ran across this gem from Captain Disillusion: [VIDEO] His whole channel is great, though there's not a ton there, it makes sense given the staggering amount of work that goes into the visualizations of each one.

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umvi · 2020-09 · Strong recommendation

I highly recommend this Captain Disillusion video about color if you want to learn more about color theory: [VIDEO] You may have to watch the video multiple times though, because the information comes out of a firehouse.

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Leszek · 2020-10 · Recommendation

This video from Captain Disillusion does a great job of explaining both the biological mechanism and the consequences it has on displays: [VIDEO]

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